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'I can't believe you left me here all day. Alone!'

DEFINITION: n., A sulky look characterized by prolonged eye contact, which pets give their owners and/or spouses when they feel neglected. v., To stare at someone with a sad-eyed look in an effort to make them feel guilty.

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Uebluit

Created by: jhill1229

Pronunciation: you blue it

Sentence: My wife gave me the uebluit eye, letting me know I was sleeping on the couch tonight.

Etymology: From the Latin: ueble, a person who makes mistakes.

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Lowguiltify

Created by: emilylind

Pronunciation: lowguiltify is pnownced 'low' ad then the word 'guilt' and then 'fy'.

Sentence: My pet decided to lowguiltify he for making her feel neeglected .

Etymology:

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Pouttle

Created by: ErWenn

Pronunciation: /ˈpaʊdḷ/

Sentence: The default expression of my dog is a pouttle, so I can forgive him, but humans who do it make me want to smack them.

Etymology: sounds like "pout" but more cutesy

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Remonstraglaze

Created by: Durotriges

Pronunciation:

Sentence: Neither wine,roses nor soothing words could deflect the remonstraglaze that Rebecca turned upon him.

Etymology: remonstrate/ gaze/ glaze

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Gloomcoma

Created by: lumina

Pronunciation: gloom/coma

Sentence: Jenny was sure Jaws was mad at her again. Not only was he refusing to eat, holding his breath (no visible bubbles for seconds at a time), AND scaring her to death by floating belly up now and then, but he seemed to have the worst case of gloomcoma since she forgot he was in the room and ate a whole can of sardines on saltines in front of him.

Etymology: Gloom: Cloudiness or heaviness of mind; melancholy; aspect of sorrow; low spirits; dullness. + Glaucoma: Disease in which the pressure of the fluid inside the eye is too high, resulting in a loss of peripheral vision

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If you are fishing for votes, it worked! Good Word - Nosila, 2008-09-19: 01:51:00

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Manipisad

Created by: sallybeth

Pronunciation: man-ip-e-sad

Sentence: She gave me a long manipisad to tell me how long it's been since i took her for a walk.

Etymology: manipulate and sad

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Peekablue

Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: peek/a/blue

Sentence: Apache, Laura's dog, would whine and play peekablue with her because she didn't pay attention to him all day.

Etymology: peekaboo + blue (dejected, depressed, despondent, disconsolate, down-hearted, downcast, glum, melancholy)

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Sniveleyes

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: snivəlīz

Sentence: Tom always felt bad when he came home from work to find his dog and cat peering out the window as if they had been there forever. They would present him with their very best sniveleyes treatment as if they had been weeping all day long. The whole scenario changed when he found out the the wet eyes were a result of them being allergic to each other.

Etymology: snivel (complain in a whining or tearful way) + eyes (a pair of globular organs in the head through which people and vertebrate animals see) a play on civilize

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Mopang

Created by: eileen22

Pronunciation: mow-pang

Sentence: The cat mopanged me on my way out the door this morning.

Etymology: mope (to sulk) pang (it pulled my heartstrings)

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Condogle

Created by: Nimbulan

Pronunciation: Con - doe - gul

Sentence: A quick Condogle put Frank right back in his seat.

Etymology: Condem, Ogle.

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Comments:

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-10-22: 00:01:00
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram! ~ James

remistram - 2007-10-22: 10:34:00
Came up with this one thanks to my sucky-baby cat.

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-10-22: 11:32:00
Your pet inspiration! ~ James

ErWenn - 2007-10-22: 19:09:00
Petspiration? Nah, sounds a little too much like dog sweat.

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-10-23: 03:03:00
Pet sweat? That smells like a good idea for a definition. I will put it on the list. Thanks ErWenn! ~ James

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2010-02-17: 00:17:00
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram. ~ James

galwaywegian - 2011-07-06: 04:33:00
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